Attachment for bicycles



(No Model.)

W. DABBS. ATTACHMENT FOR BIGYOLES.

No. 436,403. Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

vwmtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"WILLIAM DABBS, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,403, dated September 16, 1890. t

Application filed July '7, 1890. Serial No. 358,016. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM DABBS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Holder Attachments to Bicycles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments to bicycles and tricycles, designed more especially for holding a book, but applicable to other uses.

It has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and light device, which maybe readily attached to bicycles and tricycles for the purpose of holding a memorandum-book-say, for instance, of a collector, or a deliverer of goods from a store-to avoid the necessity of having to stop and look at a book in the pocket.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction of the attachment, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the handle-bars of a bicycle or tricycle with my attachment in position and holding a book. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment removed, on a larger scale.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the upper portion of the standard or post, and B the handle-bars of a bicyeleor tricycle of known construction.

O is the attachmenuwhich is formed of a single piece of wire bent by means of suit able devices into the required shape. The ends extend parallel with each other, and are confined within the eyes a of the spring-clip D, which is designed tobe sprung around the standard or post of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1. From the ends the wire is bent outward and formed into two curved portions 17, which are designed to be sprung over the handle-bars at their junction with the standard, as shown in Fig. 1. The two parallel portions of the wire are then extended to form the arms 0, which terminate in the coils d, the wire at its center being extended across the arms 0 near their bend, as shown in Fig. 2, and connected with the coils by the arms 6, which are substantially parallel with each other, but inclined from the coils toward the cross-barf. The arms 0 may be sometimes stiffened by the cross-bars g, suitably connected therewith at their ends, as shown; butin some cases these brace-bars may be omitted.

In practice the device is applied as shown in Fig. 1, being easily sprung into position or removed. The cross-bar serves as a means for raising the upper portion for the reception of a book, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the book resting upon the arms 0, and th'earms e and cross-bar serving to keep the book open. The device adds but very little to the weight of the bicycle, and may be made of plated or nickled wire, if desired.

, WVhat I claim as new is 1. An attachment for handle-bars, consisting of a spring-clamp to embrace the standard, and a holder having its ends held in said clamp and formed with curved portions to embrace the handle-bars, as set forth.

2. An attachment for bicycles and tricycles, formed of a single piece of wire with its ends held in a spring-clamp, and said Wire bentto form curved portions b, arms 0, coils d, and arms 6, connected by a cross-bar f, substantially as specified. I

3. A11 attachment for bicycles, formed of a single piece of wire with its ends held in eyes of a spring-clamp and bent to form curved portions 1) near the ends, parallel arms 0, extended from the curved portions, coils d at the terminus of the arms, and parallel arms 6, extending from the coils and connected by a cross bar f, bearing on the arms 0 near their junction with the curved portions, substantially as specified.

4:- The combination, with the standard and handle-bars of a bicycle or tricycle, of an attachment provided with a spring-clamp em- ICO bracing the standard, curved portions vembracing the handle-bars near their junction with the standard, and two sets of parallel arms united by coils and one set connected 5 by an integral cross-bar bearing on the other set near their junction with the curved portions, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DABBS.

Witnesses:

A. O. STILLWELL, WM. H. FULLERTON. 

